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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, oMD (1620s), with colonial-era plug for weight standar

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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, oMD (1620s), with colonial-era plug for weight standar
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Mexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales, Philip IV, oMD (1620s), with colonial-era plug for weight standard (very rare). S-M18a. 26.0 grams. Choice full cross, weak (worn) shield, but best feature is the blatant weight-adjustment plug (a "shot" of wire in the planchet to bring it up to colonial U.S. standard, nicely toned, net grade F.